PORT-OF-SPAIN – POLICE held 42 people including women and minors during a sting operation early Monday.
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According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the women and girls had no identification documents on them and many of them were non-nationals of TT.
The operation was conducted by Special Operation Response Team at Lady Chancellor Heights in St Ann’s.
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The TTPS said the 22 women and girls were suspected to be engaged in lewd dancing, prostitution and child endangerment.
Police also arrested 20 men and seized a firearm, ammunition and a large quantity of cash.
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith visited the scene along with members of the Counter Trafficking, Child Protection and Victim and Witness Support Unit, a release stated.
Firearm seized by police
